Well done guys!

Hey,
Just wanted to say that I've really enjoyed working with you all and I think we built up quite a good project. I've learnt loads and I'm sure you all have too. Thanks for being awesome to collaborate with!

The Final Idea (sketches)...

Here are the images of some sketches I have done of our piece in the Museum space that we have chosen.
Some of them are really rough because I was trying to get my head around the structure of our groups artwork because at first I was struggling with how we would construct something so big. I found that by sketching these out during and after a trip to the Museum on my own, I was able to visualise our work in the space.

Here are the dimensions for the tubes that would form our artwork.

Here is a very quick sketch that I produced when I was looking at the space that we had chosen. It shows the general shapes of our desired artwork.

This is a more in depth analysis of the space. I spent some time looking at how the visitors used the space. Many walk straight through the middle of it and don't really look around the Entrance Hall space. It would be interesting to see the effect our artwork would have on those people as it obstructs their clear line of view into the Museum. They would have to walk around our piece which means that they would have to pay attention to their surroundings and hopefully they would then become interested in our work and become involved.

In terms of pushchair and wheelchair access, the widest part of our work (that will cause obstruction) will be no bigger than approx. 50-60cm. So, as far as access in concerned, our piece will fit into the Museum very well.

Here is a rough pen and ink sketch of our piece in the Museum. I understand that if we were proposing this idea, this style of sketch would probably not be appropriate. Although this is not life-like, I feel that it conveys the information and general idea of the piece. 

I tried to show how the pieces would fall and collect at the bottom of the piece and also sketched some small proposals on the slots for inserting the puzzle pieces and the join of the delivery tubes to the main tube. 

Leaflet Design...

Here is my final idea and (all be it rough) prototype of what the Leaflet/Flyer/Poster will look like.

(Front)

(Back)

I understand that this design is incredibly simple, but the idea was to give nothing away. I also understand that because it is such a vague leaflet design, we could run into the problem of people not understanding what we are about - what the concept really is. 

The Front: The design on the front is extremely blunt yet vague. It stands out in it's stencilled fashion - I used a stencil for the lettering because I wanted it to look rough, sketchy and also, stencil making and using is an quick and simple way of making a mark on something. The background colours are the colours of the Earth. At first, I knew that I wanted to use these colours because they are the colours that nearly every person associates with the Earth as an object. I wanted to create a subtle sense of unity which is what our project is all about. I incorporated a simple border to frame the writing in the hope that this would attract more attention and draw the eye into the information (even though there is little of it). 

The Back: Again, this is a very simple layout with not that much information. After a discussion with the group, we decided that it would be best to keep all info to a minimum so that we don't bombard the public with too many ideas or information. I have literally put the opening times for Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery (as stated on their website) and the fact that admission in the Museum is free.  Also, I have out our "website" address down so that anyone interested would be able to contact us and/or find out more information about the project. 

Clearly this is a hand drawn/produced leaflet. I chose to avoid using a computer to produce this because the whole point of our art piece is to encourage people to get into the artistic mood. Also, in a way, this leaflet looks as if it is a puzzle piece itself. I would like to have designed a few different leaflets (all with the same info and similar concept) so that they looked like various puzzle pieces (individual art works) but I understand that in reality this would probably not be a feasible idea. Also, I understand that if this were for real, producing these leaflets by computer would be a much easier and less time consuming method. 

Problems: Due to the lack of information (which does worry me and I have explained this to the group), we could run the risk, as I have said before, of being to vague and therefore lose potential interest. Not everybody wants to or has the time to research into things like this. However, these will be placed inside the Museum itself for advertising so people interested could find out more information at the Reception desk (should this have been put on the leaflet?) 

Last session prior to presentation

After our session today, we have put a presentation together and decided to write individual notes on each slide. A couple of slides will be for an individual person to talk about, but most things we have worked on cooperatively so we will all have input. Between now and next Thursday I am going to write a selection of edited notes to have in hand during our presentation. We have decided to come in a little early next Thursday and get together all of our notes, print outs and go through our presentation. We seem to feel pretty confident about what we have done.
I will write a brief self-evaluation after we have presented our project next week.

Group CV

I have edited our individual CV's to make a joint CV, as during the session before Christmas that I was absent for, James and Adam said that a group CV was more appropriate for this kind of project.

Group CV

We are a group of Fine Art students at Plymouth College of Art, starting out as practising artists. We collectively share enthusiasm for creating public art and interacting with the community. We have successfully created installation pieces together, in different sites over Plymouth. Although we cooperate extremely well together, we each have our own strengths that give us certain roles in our team. This reinforces our group and utilizes all of our individual skills.

Louiza is 21 years of age, and works as a support therapist with individuals with autism. The last few years of her life have been spent gaining experience around the world in the health and social care field, which included leading arts and crafts sessions at a special needs summer camp in America. She wishes to pursue a career in art therapy. She has a very strong passion for humanitarian work, as well as a desire to use visual art to make positive difference.

Fay comes from Somerset and previously studied a BTEC National Diploma Level 3 in Art and Design at Bridgwater College. She works directly with the public and because of this; she feels that it has a great influence in the art work she creates. She wishes to become an art teacher and share her ideas with new emerging artists.

Jess is 19 years old and studied A level Art at Plymouth High School for Girls. She likes to explore the context behind art and the connection between Art, the Artist and the viewer. She shows this through her work by creating pieces that reflect her own influences and experiences. Since completing a week’s work experience at Plymouth Museum during secondary school, she has been interested in pursuing a career in Curatorship.

Elena is 19 years of age, and a practising artist in Plymouth and the surrounding area.  She is particularly interested in the psychology behind art, and how creation is a basic human need. She likes interactive exhibitions and tries to involve the public heavily in her work.

We would like to continue working collaboratively for many years to come.

Email:                                                 Website:

louizahamidi@live.co.uk                louizahamidi@blogspot.com

fayhawkes@hotmail.com              fayhawkes@blogspot.com

jessbent@hotmail.co.uk              jessbent@blogspot.com

elenabrake@hotmail.com            elenabrake@blogspot.com

Leaflet ideas...

These are just some rough ideas that I had when I was thinking about designs for the leaflet. We decided as a group that there should be as little information on the leaflet as possible because we want to avoid giving the visitors and participators an influence.

Though, I personally think that there should be information about the dates and times of our group sessions, opening and closing times of the museum, contact details and also how long our project is going to last - I think that if we don't include these, then we will be limiting the informtation we give to the public and it could possibly effect the amount of people that get involved.